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Domestic Investors Lift Shares

The Nikkei 225 average gained 177.95 to 20379.82. Advancers led decliners 870 to 213, while 145 issues were unchanged. The Second Section Index rose 5.91 to 2116.54 on volume of about nine million shares.

Many of the factors that had sidelined domestic institutions, such as fears of higher interest rates and instability in the Middle East, have been...